Allan Clarke and Graham Nash were from Salford although Nash was born in Blackpool.
Graham Nash asked my mum out once and she said no!
He was still a window cleaners then mind and not in a higely succesful pop band!
I dont know where the rest of the original members were from exactly but they were from in and around Salford and Manchester.
All I know is that they are all from the Manchester area..a woman I used to work with told me her husband was in the Hollies once ~ he left the band to get a 'proper job' just before they got a record deal. He never got over it..;o)